titular

IPA: tˈɪtʃʌɫɝ

One who holds a title.
The person from whom a church takes its special name; distinguished from a patron, who must be canonized or an angel.

Examples of "titular" in Sentences

The other advocates are called titular or simple advocates.
That's why they all have a so-called titular church here that they become responsible for.
But for a whole generation Alex Chilton is best-known as the titular subject of a Replacements song.
In the conservatory of a small west London hotel, Cesar Millan - better known as the titular star of the hit programme
Quebec was not erected into a bishop's see until 1670, when its bishop was no longer called titular Bishop of Petræa, but Bishop of Quebec.
I'm sucked in to politics right now like a hungry tick on a bloodhound which means I've heard Joe Lieberman say the word titular one too many times today.
The exempt archbishops are called titular archbishops, i.e. they possess only the title of archbishop, have no suffragan bishops, and administer a diocese.
Based on a true 18th Century Japanese story, the film follows a band of samurai swordsmen who are shamed into becoming the titular ronin — a Japanese word meaning lordless samurai, and must avenge the death of their master.